Antenna or Aerial

[oldboot]

I do not believe there is any difference in the way the words are used.... completely interchangable.

"Antenna" is probaly the more technicaly correct word.

"Aerial" is probaly the more lay persons word.....derived from a time when both transmittiers and recievers commonly used a length of "aerial wire" as an antenna........an "aerial wire" is the term still used for any wire strung between insulators on poles, be it used for radio transmission, phone lines or power transmission.

Don't sweat it.

cheers

[Teabag73]

Has an Electronic Tech by trade they are both one in the same. They both Transmit and/or Recieve Electromagnetic Waves. It's that simple......

[Mindi]

Not sure where you're getting your info from Noelm, but if you look up the definition you'll see that they are different names for the same equipment. Not trying to start an argument here BTW .
Anyway I only work in the industry, what would I know (see profile).

Yeah well what happens Kero is that these words start off meaning something very specific... people get lazy , dumb , drunk and confused over time and use them interchangeably... word professionals give up...and eventually the dictionaries start defining the words as meaning the same ...there are lots of examples, the most famous being "imply" and "infer" (which are actually the opposite of each other) but are often used nowadays as meaning the same.... sorry about that...!...you pressed a button on me somewhere..

I am going with the first answer from Lovey...Antenna transmits and receives, Aerial receives only.

ps...Kero...I am not implying that you are dumb or drunk so please dont infer that from my post.

[finga]

I know what the broken ones were called.
Wacking sticks... for when us boys gave mum too much grief
But to her defence....we well deserved it.

[Noelm]

OK then so a broken Aerial is a whacking stick, so then it transmits pain? but it does not receive pain? but a broken antenna can.... Jesus, lets just use either and interchage as we like, whether we imply or infer, sympathise or empathise!

[finga]

It also depends upon what you can spell.

[Mindi]

It also depends upon what you can spell.

good wun finga

[oldboot]

It also depends upon what you can spell.

Closer to the truth than you might believe.


Also consider an editor looking for a little extra page space...although "antenna" only has one less letter, "aerial" occupies much less space on the page.

When I had adds in the local papers I used the word "ANTENNA" because it sounded more technical and looked better on the page.

I never cared what the customer called it as long as they payed me on time .


AH BUT...... could you call it an "aerial" if it was underground or under the sea.

cheers